Here we have some more detail about how people voted in the West Midlands.

The party which received the most votes was Ukip (31 per cent).

They were followed by Labour on 27 per cent and the Tories on 24 per cent.

West Midlands result

1:13 am

Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan has called for an electoral pact between his party and Ukip.

Mr Hannan, elected in the South East region, said he believed there was a majority of votes on the right of the electorate in Britain.

He told Sky News: "For a party that is in government in Westminster, not to be being pummelled at this stage is pretty good news.

"I will repeat what I have said: if you add the Conservative and Ukip votes together in this country - and I know it doesn't work as simply as that - a rough ballpark figure, we are something like 56 per cent of the total vote.

"It would be very sad if the two right-of-centre Eurosceptic parties at the general election were not able to find some way, at least in marginal seats, of reaching an accommodation so that anti-referendum candidates don't get in with a minority of votes.

"How it would work, if it were to happen, is obviously to be determined at a more senior level than mine.

"But if personal rivalries and animosities put Ed Miliband in with a minority of the vote, that would reflect badly on all concerned."

However, Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps ruled out any pact as the results came in.

He told the BBC: "We are not going to have a pact or joint candidates or what have you.

"It can't happen anyway, it can't happen on a technical basis because we do not allow joint candidates to stand.

"We are a single party, no other party would have joint candidates."

1:17 am

Ukip leader Nigel Farage vowed after retaining his South East seat in the European Parliament: "You have not heard the last of us."

In his acceptance speech, Mr Farage said the victory for Ukip's "people's army" was "just about the most extraordinary result that has been seen in British politics for 100 years".

He said the party "bit very hard" into the Labour vote in the north, almost topped the poll in Wales, gained a seat in Scotland and "we are genuinely a UK Independence Party".

1:33 am

Partial results are available from Scotland - and Ukip has its first elected politician there.

Declarations have been made in 31 of Scotland's 32 local authority areas, with only the Western Isles still to declare.

The count there will no begin until tomorrow, however, as Sunday is a day for religious observance on the islands.

After the 31 declarations, the SNP had a 29 per cent share of the vote, ahead of Labour with 26 per cent and the Conservatives on 17 per cent.

Ukip had 10 per cent, ahead of the Greens on 8 per cent and the Lib Dems on 7 per cent.

1:48 am

Defeated South West Lib Dem MEP Sir Graham Watson said: "It has been an honour and a pleasure to serve the south west of England and Gibraltar in the European Parliament.

"I shall miss it but I wish my successors well.

"I believe a loss of a seat for the Liberal Democrats and a loss of a seat for the Conservatives in this region reflects the fact we have been in government through a difficult and long recession, trying to get the economy right.

"Politics is the kind of profession that you live with winning and you live with losing and I have no doubt the Liberal Democrats will be back.

"Naturally I am disappointed but not terribly surprised.

"The Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives have taken a beating.

"We have had to make difficult and unpopular decisions as we try to get the country out of recession.

"That really is politics as many of our councillors found out on Thursday night and many of our MEPs are finding out now.

"It is quite common for junior partners in coalitions across the continent to suffer. The important thing though is that we are there in government, making a contribution and keeping the government fairer than it would be if the Conservatives were there alone."

Sir Graham, who was first elected in 1994 representing Somerset and North Devon, said the Liberal Democrats had "lessons to learn" from this year's elections but said leader Nick Clegg was right to challenge Nigel Farage head on.

"I think Nick Clegg did exactly the right thing in taking on Nigel Farage," he said.

"Someone has to take on that kind of nationalism which risks destroying the European Union.

"It's the story across the Europe Union, not just Britain, with the National Front in France and we see it with extreme parties in Greece and Italy, Belgium and elsewhere.

"I regret it because I believe the European Union has been an extremely good thing for all its member states in securing peace, in ensuring prosperity in so far as it is possible in a global economy and making people more secure in the fight against crime."

He added: "I think the party will be disappointed not to have held a seat in the region, just as we will elsewhere, but I am not sure you can draw any lessons for the parliamentary elections next year.

"The turnout will be much, much higher and I am not sure that Ukip will find their success tonight repeated in the ballot box for Westminster.

"There will always be lessons learnt from a defeat, far more than a victory but I have no doubt the Liberal Democrats will continue to be here and in due course we will be back in the European Parliament as well.

"Clearly we lost votes both to Ukip and the Greens and the Conservatives also lost votes to Ukip.

"There is a lot of work needs to be to look at what we can do to make sure we continue our Westminster representation."

1:58 am

Ukip deputy leader Paul Nuttall has congratulated the party colleagues elected alongside him in the North East to the European Parliament.

Mr Nuttall wrote on Twitter: "#UKIP have won 3 MEP's in the North West region.

"Well done to Louise Bours and Steven Woolfe.

"Great result."

#UKIP have won 3 MEP's in the North West region. Well done to Louise Bours and Steven Woolfe. Great result.

Defeated South West MEP Sir Graham Watson dismissed those calling for Mr Clegg's head as "a few marginal voices" and insisted: "I believe the Liberal Democrats will be back at the general election and I certainly don't believe the party is finished."

UKIP and Labour made decent gains while the Tories, Lib Dems, and BNP lost quite a few voters.

Vote split

7:05 am

Party

Ukip

Lab

Con

Green

Lib Dem

SNP

Plaid Cymru

No. of seats

24

20

19

3

1

2

1

Change

+11

+7

-7

+1

-10

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=

7:13 am

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls promised on Monday further tax cuts for low-earning and middle-class households, saying one reason for the rise in support for the National Front in weekend EU polls was anger at years of tax rises.

"We need more cuts in tax," Valls told RTL radio when asked if such a move would be included in future budget plans to be unveiled later this year.

France's ruling Socialists were beaten into third place in Sunday's European Parliament elections, which the anti-immigrant, anti-euro National Front won with around 26 percent of the vote.